Technical inefficiency in rice production and its relationship with farm-specific socio-economic characteristics

Indian Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 259-267

  Reddy, A R ^a   Sen, C ^b  

^a ICAR RESEARCH COMPLEX FOR EASTERN REGION   (India)

^b BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CROP PRODUCTION; FOOD PRODUCTION; RICE; TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY;

EID: 6444240645     PISSN: 00195014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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